Pluses and Minuses
On the whole--not too bad. While the story lacked emotional power, the plot was internally consistent and displayed some character development. In spite of being slow-moving, HIDDEN LOVE held my interest.
BUT– lots of problems...
The FL acted like an overly-protected child for 3/4 of the series – collecting stuffed animals, expressing herself in words of one syllable, using the cadence and syntax of a six-year-old, and getting by on her cuteness. Really, Chinese writers? Is that the model you want girls to emulate? This same actress played a real bada$$ in WHO RULES THE WORLD.
Zheyuan Chen, the male lead, had a more nuanced role and was, for the most part, the glue that held the series together. Props also go to Victor Ma, as the brother.
This series, like others of the same kind, give girls an entirely unrealistic picture of what real relationships are like–and how they’re likely to go. But I appreciated the depiction of a slow-moving relationship, and what a relationship like that “could” be–if only they existed.
BUT– lots of problems...
The FL acted like an overly-protected child for 3/4 of the series – collecting stuffed animals, expressing herself in words of one syllable, using the cadence and syntax of a six-year-old, and getting by on her cuteness. Really, Chinese writers? Is that the model you want girls to emulate? This same actress played a real bada$$ in WHO RULES THE WORLD.
Zheyuan Chen, the male lead, had a more nuanced role and was, for the most part, the glue that held the series together. Props also go to Victor Ma, as the brother.
This series, like others of the same kind, give girls an entirely unrealistic picture of what real relationships are like–and how they’re likely to go. But I appreciated the depiction of a slow-moving relationship, and what a relationship like that “could” be–if only they existed.
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